Idea-versus-scaffold separation

Coined term · Authorship Strategy

The operational discipline of sorting each artifact into idea or scaffold before deciding how to preserve the author's claim. Idea-character artifacts get DOI registration under the author's name; scaffold-character artifacts may be donated as implementations into larger harnesses whose own diffusion will absorb them. Mixed-character artifacts get idea-level DOI registration first, to prevent the dissolving scaffold from establishing the priority claim at the dissolution level.

Coined by Tatsuya Shimomoto (shimo4228) within the Authorship Strategy research line.

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What is idea-versus-scaffold separation?

The discipline of sorting each artifact into idea or scaffold before deciding how to preserve the author's claim: ideas get DOI registration under the author's name, scaffolds are allowed to dissolve into larger harnesses, and mixed artifacts get idea-level DOI registration first.

Who coined idea-versus-scaffold separation?

Tatsuya Shimomoto (shimo4228), in the Authorship Strategy research line — Layer 3 of its four-layer framework.

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Idea-versus-scaffold separation(日本語)

著者の claim をどう保存するか決める前に、各 artifact を idea か scaffold に sorting する運用規律。Idea-character artifact は著者の名前で DOI 登録する; scaffold-character artifact はその diffusion で吸収する大きな harness に実装として donation する。Mixed-character artifact は idea-level DOI 登録を先に行う (dissolve する scaffold が dissolution level で priority claim を establish するのを防ぐため)。